RE: food for thought

["Stuart Mumford" <s2mumford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  From: Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>, on 03/27/2000 22:35:
>  EMT's and doctors are among the worst when it comes to people
>  > who tell motorcycle horror stories to drive people away from the
>  > hobby.  Whenever I hear one of these guys yapping, I hand them
>  > this:
>  >
>  > Number of physicians in the U.S. - 700,000
>  >      Accidental deaths caused/year - 98,000
>  >      Accidental deaths/per Doctor - 0.14
>  >
>  >      Number of motorcycles in the U.S. - 4,000,000
>  >      Accidental deaths/year - 2,000
>  >      Accidental deaths per bike - 0.0005
>  >
>  >      Therefore, doctors are approximately 280 times more
>  > dangerous than motorcycles! (NCOM NEWS & NOTES)



And let's face it folks, we all know that 95% of statistics are BS anyway.
Last note on the shotgun barrel / ass post. I think a humorous barb or two
on the list is like tabasco sauce. A little adds spice, too much can ruin a
good thing.

CA Stu


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